{"product_id":"against-the-profit-motive-nicholas-r-parrillo-9780300194753","title":"Against the Profit Motive","description":"\u003cbr\u003e In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently provided for officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendant convicted. Tax collectors received a percentage of each evasion uncovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. Numerous other officers were likewise paid for \"performance.\" This book is the first to document the American government's for-profit past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officialdom's relationship to the citizenry, and to explain how lawmakers--by ultimately banishing the profit motive in favor of the salary--transformed that relationship forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas R. Parrillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300194757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300194753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014","brand":"Nicholas R. Parrillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946405200127,"sku":"9780300194753","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f5d92e2-cb4f-4cdd-b3b7-c72137acef4b.jpg?v=1681512960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-the-profit-motive-nicholas-r-parrillo-9780300194753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}